grǽg-hama
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The verb þeótan (q.v.) and the noun geþot are the words used for the howl of the wolf, while gellan (q.v.) is used of the scream of a bird. As the epithet grǽg is applied to the mew, grǽghama might be a mew or gull.
gaderung
a joining, union ⬩ an assembly ⬩ gathering ⬩ gathering ⬩ a gathering of words, text
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Ox. 1753. gathering of herbs Wyrta gaderunge mid galdre begán herbarum collectionem cum incantatione facere, Ll.
HEL
HELL ⬩ the place of souls after death ⬩ Hades ⬩ the infernal regions ⬩ the place of the wicked after death
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Fýr byrnþ óð helle endas a fire shall burn unto the lowest hell, Deut. 32, 22. Óð helle in infernum, Mt. Kmbl. 11, 23.
ge-mǽnan
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to tell, say, mention a matter Þéh eów lytles hwæt swelcra gebroca on becume, þonne gemǽnað gé hit tó (v. tó; I. 5 f I þǽm wyrrestan tídum, and magon hié hreówlíce wépan if some little of such troubles come on you, then you talk of it as the worst times
freó
free ⬩ not in subjection to a master ⬩ having liberty of action ⬩ free ⬩ not in subjection to sin ⬩ liberal ⬩ at liberty ⬩ not in confinement or custody ⬩ free ⬩ free from work ⬩ disengaged ⬩ free from guilt ⬩ innocent ⬩ unimpeded ⬩ unhindered ⬩ acting of one's own will ⬩ unforced ⬩ free from trouble ⬩ exempt ⬩ immune ⬩ free ⬩ not liable to a tax ⬩ at one's own disposal
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E. 242, 16. of property, at one's own disposal
FELG
FELLY ⬩ part of the circumference of a wheel ⬩ canthus ⬩ άνθόs ⬩ absis rŏtæ
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FELLY, part of the circumference of a wheel; canthus = 954; άνθόs, absis rŏtæ Ǽlces spácan biþ óðer ende fæst on ðare nafe, óðer on ðære felge one end of every spoke is fixed in the nave, the other in the felly, Bt. 39, 7; Fox 222, 3, 7, 10.
Linked entry: fælg
up-stige
ascension ⬩ mounting ⬩ the ascension ⬩ an ascent ⬩ a way of ascending
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Hé becom tó ðæm heáhsetle ðære róde; on ðæm upstige (by the ascent of the cross) eall úre líf hé getremede, Blickl. Homl. 9, 36.
leóhtlíce
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</b> to no great degree, slightly, not elaborately :-- Þeáh wé þás þing leóhtlíce unwreón, hig magon fremian bet þonne þá þe beóð on leóðwísan fægre geglenged though our exposition of these matters be slight, they may do more good than those that
strengþu
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add: of physical power Þǽh þe beón on stæencþum hundeahtatig gǽr si autem in potentatibus octoginta anni, Ps.
Middel-Engle
The Middle Angles ⬩ the Angles of Leicestershire
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Ðá wæs Déma biscop geworden Middel-Engla and eác Myrcna samod ... hé forþférde on Middel-Englum on ðam þeódlande ðe is nemned on Feppingum, S. 551, 32-36: 3, 24; S. 557, 17.
Linked entry: Engle
scild-burh
a battle-array in which men stood shield to shield ⬩ a city which affords protection ⬩ a city of refuge
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, ok þykkr ok jafn öllum megin útan, skjöldr við skjöld.'
Linked entries: bord-haga scild-weall
FEÁWA
FEW ⬩ pauci
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FEW; pauci Feáwa ðata manna mihte beón eardfæste few of the men could abide in their dwellings [lit, could be earth-fast or settled ], Ors. 5, 4; Bos. 105, 10: Deut. 4, 27: Mt. Bos. 9, 37: Lk. Bos. 10, 2.
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Dorce-ceaster
DORCHESTER, Oxfordshire, the episcopal seat of the first bishop of the West Saxons, which was subsequently removed to Lincoln ⬩ Durocastrum, in agri Oxoniensis parte Berceriensi finitĭma
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Ætla wæs on Dorceceastre to bisceope gehálgod Ætla was consecrated bishop of Dorchester, 4, 23; S. 594, 11. Hér Wulstán arcebiscop onféng eft biscopríces, on Dorceceastre in this year [A.
ge-beorg
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Ox. 5395. of things Rand sceal on scylde, fæst fingra gebeorh, Gn. C. 38
Ceortes íg
CHERTSEY ⬩ Certesia
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Cerot's island, CHERTSEY, in Surrey, on the bank of the Thames; Ceroti insula, Certesia, in agro Surriensi, ad ripam Tamesis fluminis Ercenwold getimbrede mynster on Súþrigena lande, be Temese streáme, on ðære stówe ðe is nemned Ceortes íge Earconvaldus
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be-faran
To go round ⬩ to travel through ⬩ go all over ⬩ to traverse ⬩ to go ⬩ march ⬩ encompass ⬩ to surround ⬩ peragrare ⬩ circumvenire
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Rómáne on ungewis on án nyrewett befóran, óþ hý Somnite útan befóran the Romans marched unwittingly into a narrow pass, till the Samnites surrounded them on the outside, Ors. 3, 8; Bos. 63, 8 : Cd. 167; Th. 209, 10; Exod. 497
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hyrst
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D. ii. 65, 8. an eminence, knoll Wermód on hyrstum heasewe standeð (cf. wermód byð cenned on dúnum and on stǽnilicum stówum, Lch. i. 216, 19) glauca absinthia campi, Rä. 41, 61. ¶ The word occurs in a great many place-names.
god-webb
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Hié of þæs treówes leáfum and of his flýse spunnon and swá eác tó godewebbe wǽfon and worhtan foliis arboris ex siluestri uellere uestes detexunt, Nar. 6, 18. Of þám cnihtum hí álǽddon áweg tó wircenne godeweb, Ælfc. T. Grn. 21, 20.
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ǽ
A river ⬩ stream ⬩ rivus ⬩ torrens
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A river, stream; rivus, torrens On ðære ǽ ðú hý drencst thou shalt give them to drink of the stream; torrente potabis eos, Ps. Th. 35, 8
cune-glæsse
The herb hound's or dog's tongue;
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The herb hound's or dog's tongue; Wið cancerádle, cune-glæsse nioðoweard for cancer, the netherward part of hound's tongue, L. M. 1, 44; Lchdm. ii. 110, 1